Dr Okoko's research and teaching areas include school leadership preparation and development, socially empowered learning, monitoring and evaluation of education programs, immigrants and minority education.

Dr Walker's research and teaching areas include professional and applied ethics; executive leadership, board and organizational development; trust and moral agency; hope-building through leadership; best interests of the child; teacher retention and attrition; adaptive mentorship; the spiritual dimension of leadership; flourishing schools and churches; non-Catholic students in Catholic schools; wellness and policymaking; capacity building in the new economy; leadership philosophies; and decision making in public and not-for-profit sectors.